Air Fryer Sabudana Vada

Prep Time: 5min
Soak Time: 8hrs
Air Fryer Time: 20min
Total Time: 8hr 25min
Yield:  4-6 Servings

Ingredients

1 Cup Sabudana/Tapioca Pearls
1 Medium Sized Potato; boiled, peeled & mashed
1/2 Tspn Green Chilli Paste or 3-4 chopped green chillies
Salt to Taste
1/2 Tspn Gingergarlic Paste
1 Tblspn Lemon Juice
1/2 Tspn Cumin(Jeera) Seeds
1/4 Cup Crushed Peanuts
Few Curry Leaves, chopped
1 Tblspn Oil For Brushing

Directions

• Wash sabudana under running water & soak them in 4 cups of water for 6-8 hours.

• After 8 hours, drain water from soaked sabudana & keep aside.

• In a mixing bowl add soaked sabudana, mashed potato, green chilli paste, salt, lemon juice,  cumin seeds, crushed peanuts, curry leaves & mix everything well. 

• Make round & flat shaped patties out of sabudana mixture (patties should not be too thick or thin) & place them on a plate (yields 18-20 Patties).

• Coat air fryer basket with cooking spray & arrange the sabudana patties side by side without touching each other. Brush some oil on top of each patty & close the air fryer basket.
• Set temperature to 390F(199C) & timer to 20 minutes. 

• Start the air fryer & air fry until sabudana vada turn crisp on both sides, turning once half way (approximately 10 minutes each side).

• Once the timer is up, open the air fryer basket & carefully transfer crispy cooked sabudana vada to a plate. 
• Serve crispy sabudana vada with green chutney or tomato ketchup.

Note: Instead of air fryer you can also deep fry the sabudana vada until crisp & golden brown.